3. Applicants who have completed partial or full residency training outside of Canada but are not licensed to practice may be considered through the Repatriation Program run by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care or may be eligible to apply through the CaRMS process in the second iteration.

Applying through CaRMS

McMaster University offers two streams of training in Public Health and Preventive Medicine through the CaRMS process: one stream leads tocertification in Public Health and Preventive Medicine; the other stream leads to dual certification in both Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine. Both training streams are normally 5 years in length. One may apply to either or both streams. However, applicants will be considered only for the stream(s) to which they applied.